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PC golf headed to Charlotte’s Bermuda Run for NCAA Regional
Presbyterian golfer Spence Hagood has had a memorable past week or so in the sport. Last week, Hagood recorded the match-clinching victories in the Big South Championship match-play finals and semifinals, helping the Blue Hose to their first NCAA Division I Regionals appearance. Then on Wednesday, Hagood, a Greenwood native, recorded a hole-in-one on the…
Read MoreWednesday playoff roundup: Clinton returns to state tennis finals
The Clinton boys tennis team won the combined Class 3A/2A/1A Upper State Championship with a 4-2 victory over visiting St. Joseph’s Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the Red Devils advance to the state finals for the second straight year and will once again face Oceanside Collegiate, a 6-0 winner over Waccamaw Wednesday. The state championship…
Read MorePlayoff roundup: LA, Red Devils notch baseball wins
Both Clinton and Laurens Academy picked up playoff victories Tuesday in home games. Clinton defeated Liberty 6-1 in the Class 2A Upper State District 2 opener for both teams, while LA scored nine runs in the fifth inning to rally past Dorchester Academy 11-9 in Game 2 of its best-of-three SCISA Class 2A semifinal series.…
Read MoreLA eliminates Andrew Jackson from playoffs behind Whittaker gem
BAMBERG – Laurens Academy advanced past the opening round of the SCISA state baseball playoffs Thursday for the first time in more than a decade, moving forward with a 9-0 victory over Andrew Jackson Academy in the deciding game of the best-of-three SCISA Class 2A playoff series. Riley Whittaker pitched a two-hit shutout as LA…
Read MoreOfficials release joint statements concerning Lake Greenwood
Greenwood County, the Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works (CPW) and the Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission (LCWSC) said they are working together to address public concerns surrounding drinking water in Lake Greenwood. Officials from all three government entities issued a joint press release Thursday. Lake Greenwood serves as a water supply source for Greenwood…
Read MoreBicyclist dies from injuries after Highway 221 crash
UPDATE: Victim identified by Laurens County Coroner’s Office. A bicyclist died following being struck by a vehicle Wednesday night on Highway 221. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 9:08 p.m. on Highway 221 near Lauren Hill Church Road. The bicyclist was both traveling south when the vehicle, a Dodge Dart…
Read MoreSLED: Former detention center officer faces charges
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) on Tuesday officially charged a former officer at the Laurens County Detention Center with misconduct in office. Ashley Landreth, 36, was charged with possessing and furnishing contraband in a county detention center and misconduct in office by a public official while working at the Laurens County Detention Center,…
Read MoreLaurens man arrested for Anderson Co. murder
A Laurens man wanted in connection with a murder in Anderson County has been arrested in Columbia. Anderson County investigators have charged E’Nicholas Leake, 27, of Laurens with murder in the shooting death of Jamyuz Bennett, 21, Tuesday afternoon. According to investigators, the shooting took place on Belton Anderson Highway after the men left a…
Read MoreTuesday playoffs: LA on to Game 3; Raiders, Red Devils advance
No. 2-seeded Andrew Jackson bounced back from a Game 1 loss Laurens Academy to force a deciding Game 3 in the SCISA Class 2A state baseball playoffs. The Crusaders fell 7-5 in Game 2, following a 6-4 victory Monday in Game 1 in Bamberg. LA committed four errors and two Andrew Jackson pitchers limited the…
Read MoreDistrict 55 board votes down changes for middle schools
A plan that would have reconfigured grades at Sanders and Laurens middle schools for the 2026-27 academic year was rejected by the Laurens County School District 55 Board of Trustees at a meeting and work session Monday night at the district offices. The board voted 6-1 to deny a proposal by the district administration that…
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